HJRES 533
100th Congress
House
Health
AIDS (Disease)
Advisory bodies
Communicable diseases
Congress and Members of Congress
Drug abuse
Drugs and narcotics
Federal advisory bodies
Legislation
A joint resolution directing the President to declare war on IV drug abuse and AIDS by implementing those recommendations regarding intravenous drug abusers made by the President's Commission on the HIV Epidemic which are capable of being implemented under existing law.
Introduced: April 12, 1988
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 3, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Apr 12, 1988
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 12, 1988
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Requires the President to direct officers and agencies of the Federal Government to implement the recommendations regarding intravenous drug abusers made by the President's Commission on the HIV Epidemic (HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus) which are capable of being implemented under existing law.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to the Congress and the President drafts of legislation which would permit the implementation of those recommendations regarding intravenous drug abusers made by the Commission which are not capable of being implemented under existing law.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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